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Thanks to genetic genealogy, a 76-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a 1972 Illinois case of a 15-year-old girl.

Snip:

Whelpley, who was 27 at the time of the crime, lived within one mile of the Hansons' home, police said.

Whelpley, a retired welder, currently lives in Minnesota, where he was taken into custody on three counts of first-degree murder, police said. There are "three different theories of murder ... for a jury to consider," Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said at the news conference.

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